One Caveman’s Financial Journey

Well, I just received the most enjoyable piece of mail today… My credit union sent out my new set of coupons for paying my mortgage for 2008 and, much to my bewilderment, the amount went up by almost $50 per month! That means my taxes for last year were more than $400 higher [...]

I realized this morning that I’ve been writing about myself and my present for two days now and haven’t told you who this friendly caveman is or how he got here.
Who am I?
I’m a 27 year-old, married caveman with a beautiful one year-old daughter. I am a software engineer and have been with my [...]

Now that I’ve created my debt graph poster it’s time to start thinking about what to do to those red bars and to my net worth in 2008.
My first goal, which was actually set earlier this year, is to completely pay off the car loan. Its interest rate isn’t all that high, but auto loan [...]

After seeing personal debt graphs on many of the personal finance blogs I browse, I decided to set one up for myself. I certainly plan to create one for this blog, but I didn’t want to have to log on to a computer just to get a little motivation boost from knowing that my [...]